YAYOI nuclear reactor of the University of Tokyo (Medical column)
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[3]: TKY-MD (YAYOI Medical column)   Experimental system
Filter: Fe(160mm), C(100mm), PE(15mm), Bi(100mm). E(ave)=0.069 MeV, Gamma contamination (E=1.327 MeV)=80.3 % at Gy level (PE: polyethylene)
Materials: Human peripheral blood (whole blood irradiation): Irradiation at 150mm apart from the filter surface.
Date: 1990.09.20.
Dose No. of Aberrations Distribution of cells with indicated number of aberrations
(GY) cells Tet Tri Dic Rc Ra aM F del S del Aber 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
0 500 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 Dics 500
D+R 500
All 497 3
0.557 400 0 2 66 13 5 8 84 8 33 29 Dics 344 47 5 3 1
D+R 332 56 6 4 2
All 311 61 19 4 4 1
0.813 400 0 2 87 13 2 15 108 11 34 27 Dics 324 63 11 2
D+R 312 72 14 2
All 293 71 24 8 4
1.197 350 0 1 122 16 5 15 137 12 41 27 Dics 247 83 19 1
D+R 237 86 22 5
All 215 87 36 8 4
1.771 200 0 8 100 24 4 8 134 12 48 35 Dics 120 52 23 3 1 1
D+R 110 52 27 9 1 1
All 90 60 28 10 8 3 1
2.375 210 0 6 145 27 11 23 183 18 69 56 Dics 107 65 26 9 2 1
D+R 91 70 30 13 4 2
All 65 62 43 29 5 1 4 1
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Ref: Sasaki, M. S., Saigusa, S., Kimura, I., Kobayashi, T., Ikushima, T. and Kobayashi, K. (1992) Biological effectiveness of fission neutrons: Energy dependency and its implication
for the risk assessment. In, Proc. Int. Conf. on Radiation Effects and Protection. March 18-20, 1992, Mito, Ibaraki.
Sasaki, M. S., Endo, S., Ejima, Y., Saito, I., Okamura, K., Oka, Y. and Hoshi, M. (2006) Effective dose fo A-bomb radiation in Hirohima and Nagasaki as assessed by chromosomal
effectiveness of spectrum energy photons and neutrons. Radiat. Environ. Biophys., 45:79-91.
Sasaki, M. S., Nomura, T., Ejima, Y., Utsumi, H., Endo, S., Saito, I., Itoh, T. and Hoshi, M. (2008) Experimental derivation of relative biological effectiveness of A-bomb neutrons
in Hiroshima and Nagasaki and implication for risk assessment. Radiat. Res., 170:101-117.
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TKY-MD:     E=0.264 MeV,      Fluence rate=8.790E+07 n/cm2/sec/kW,      Kerma=7.490E-03 rad/sec/kW,      Kerma/n=8.498E-11 rad